May 25, 2019

We already have a brewery When Kroger’s on 2nd St closed it effectively canceled the opportunity for thousands of residents in a number of neighborhoods to access fresh produce and other essentials. The proposed brewery “Noble Funk Brewery hopes to add needed presence to...

“I just Didn’t Know” is a peer education campaign on the dangers of youth vaping. | Screenshot vimeo About those electronic cigarettes “I just didn’t know” the difference between an electronic cigarette and nicotine-infused glycols. This is what I hear when Ben Chandler, president...

Budget cuts bring public safety concerns As a believer in public participation, I hope everyone attended the public hearings held throughout Metro Louisville outlining the burden placed on our city due to unaddressed pension needs. If you did not, I suspect that you are...

NIMBY but please in yours! Let’s look back to 2006, and the uproar against razing the Old Bauer building (Azalea’s restaurant), on 3608 Brownsboro Rd. with the possibility of developing a Walgreens at this location. The opposition included a resident named Kent Oyler. On...

Yarmuth has been a single-payer supporter for years The Feb 27, 2019 article about Rep. John Yarmuth (Liberal Democrats want Medicare for all. Yarmuth is not convinced.) contains a serious error. John Yarmuth was a co-sponsor of the single payer bill, HR 676, The Improved...

Girl Scouts is still here! This year being the 70th anniversary of Girl Scouts, there are so many people asking me questions about the program. Based on how thing are being presented in the media, many people believe the Girls Scouts’ and the Boy...

Regardless of intent, denying voting rights for felons is racist The only argument I’ve seen supporting the permanent deprivation of voting rights to felons is something like, “They committed a crime, so they lost a privilege.” It’s easy to talk like that in the...

Unaccompanied minors I had one concern in the article “City details partners and plan for spending over $500,000 on homeless services,” on Jan. 2, 2019, regarding minors: “Those who are under the influence of drugs or alcohol are welcome as long as they are...

LG&E report misleading The recent article about LG&E using solar and energy storage to power Louisville solely by the sun is misleading. The case study focuses on a small portion of the total LG&E Louisville service area that they call the Highland 1103 distribution...

Here is a roundup of Insider Voices reflecting recent news developments. It’s a beautiful day in this neighborhood The most vocal negative is that “Airbnb destroys the neighborhood,” but how do you define that? Is it knowing all your neighbors so you can walk...